Hasp



March 20, 1934. A, T, LONG 1,951,551

HASP

Filed April 25, 1933 Patented Mar. 20, 1934 HASP Allen T. Long, Petersburg, Va.

Application April 25, 1933, Serial No. 667,880

1 Claim.

This invention relates to hasps and particularly to hasps designed for use with brief cases, trunks, bags and the like, though the invention is not limited thereto.

I It is the practice in making hasps of this general character to form the eye of the hasp from a U-shaped piece of metal, the legs of which are disposed against the plate of the hasp or extended therethrough and welded in place or otherwise attached.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a hasp in which the eye of the hasp is formed integral with the body of the hasp and particularly to form the free extremity of the 16 hasp with a transverse extension slotted at its ends which, by means of dies, is bent over beneath the extremity of the body of the hasp so that the slotted ends of the extension are brought together to constitute the eye.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a hasp constructed in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary under side view of the extremity of the hasp;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the hasp is made.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates what may be termed the body of the hasp which is hingedly connected to the attaching plate 11 of the hasp by means of the pintle 12 passing through a bead 13 formed upon the inner end of the hasp body 10.

The blank from which the hasp is made is initially of the shape shown in Figure 4, that is,

is provided with the lateral extensions 14 so that the blank is approximately T-shaped in form, these lateral extensions being provided with slots 15. By means of dies, these lateral extensions are bent over beneath the free end of the hasp 6. body 10 and the extremities 16 of the extensions are bent outward or at right angles to the plane of the hasp itself so that the two eyes 15 are brought in alinement with each other and thus an eye is provided such as is necessary for engage- 66 ment by the bolt of the look.

This construction is much cheaper than forming the eye as a U-shaped piece and attaching it to the body of the hasp and furthermore is very much stronger as there is no danger of the eye 70 pulling out or becoming loose or anything of this nature.

Tha hasp is, of course, stamped out of one piece of metal so that there is no more expense or difficulty in forming the body of the hasp with 76 the extensions 14 and the slots 15 than there is in stamping out the blank for the ordinary hasp.

While I have specially designed this hasp for use with brief cases, trunks, bags, etc., I do not wish to be limited to this use as obviously a hasp 80 constructed in accordance with my invention might be used in a large variety of situations.

I claim:

A hasp for looks formed of a blank of sheet metal, the blank being approximately T-shaped, the lateral extensions of the blank being bent inward flat against the under face of the hasp and then extended outward in parallel closely adjacent relation to each other, the outward extensions having registering slots.

ALLEN T. LONG. 

